• Profession: Musicologist
• Relation to Mahler: Paul Bekker is the autor of the first major work on the Mahler Symphonies.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 11-09-1882 Berlin
• Died: 07-03-1937 New York
• Buried: 00-00-0000 

He was one of … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Helsinki, Finland.
• Relation to Mahler: Participant Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam.
• Born: 13-10-1967 Rauma, Finland.

Hannu Petteri Lintu is a Finnish conductor.

Lintu studied piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and at the … Read More

• Profession: Conductor, cellist.
• Relation to Mahler: Participant Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam.
• Born: 00-00-1996 Finland.

Also: Mäkelä.

Klaus Mäkelä is the newly appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Oslo Philharmonic, beginning in the 2020-2021 season. He … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Relation to Mahler: Participation in Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 22-01-1953 Seoul, South Korea.

20-02-2019: At the Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam conductor of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) in … Read More

• Profession: Pianist, conductor.
• Relation to Mahler: Participant Mahler Festival 1920 Amsterdam (more photos). Played in the ‘International Chambermusic festival during the Mahler Festival’, organized by Alexander Schmuller (1880-1933).
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 13-03-1884

• Profession: Violinist, conductor
• Relation to Mahler: Organizer of the ‘International Chambermusic festival during the Mahler Festival’. Mahler Festival 1920 Amsterdam. In the small hall of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 05-12-1880

• Profession: Musician, writer, musicologist.
• Relation to Mahler: He knew Gustav Mahler personally. Attended Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1920.
• Correspondence

Robert Josef Erben (1862-1925).

• Profession: Conductor, pianist
• Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg since Year 1892.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 09-03-1862 Troppau (nowadays Opava), Oberring 416, Czech Republic.
• Marriage: Sofia Maria Franziska Janauschek
• Children: Wolfgang, Dolores,

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Milan, Berlin, New York, London, Chicago.
• Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1995.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 26-06-1933 Milan, Italy.
• Died: 20-01-2014 Bologna, Italy. Aged 80.
• Buried: Fex-Crasta Chapel (protestant),

• Profession: Conductor
• Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 2020, Vienna Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO).
• Correspondence with Mahler: No
• Born: 31-08-1975 Oxford, United Kingdom

Daniel Harding is a British conductor, born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at … Read More

• Profession: Conductor, pianist.
• Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler FESTIVAL Amsterdam 2020, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO).
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 15-11-1942 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Daniel Barenboim is a pianist and conductor who is a citizen of … Read More

• Profession: Conductor, pianist.
• Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler FESTIVAL Amsterdam 2020, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO).
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 11-02-1972 Omsk, Russia.

Kirill Garrievich Petrenko is a Russian-Austrian conductor, currently the Generalmusikdirektor (General Music … Read More

• Profession: Conductor, first administrator of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw. Period 1887-1900.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-1826
• Died: 00-00-1912 
• Buried: 00-00-0000 

(jr.)

Conductor of the Parkorkest, performing in The Parkzaal. See:

• Amsterdam Royal

• Profession: Conductor, pianist
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence with Mahler: No
• Born: 00-00-1992 London, United Kingdom

Born in London, Kerem studied piano and conducting at the … Read More

2017. Queen Máxima, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock (1958) and the German soprano Diana Damrau at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) Opening Night 2017.

• Profession: Conductor, violinist and musicologist
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence with Mahler: No

• Profession: Conductor, violinist, viola player
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence

Riccardo Chailly (1953).

• Profession: Conductor
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1995
• Correspondence with Mahler: No
• Born: 20-02-1953 Milan, Italy

Riccardo Chailly, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian conductor. He … Read More

• Profession: Conductor
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 03-09-1900 Arnhem, the Netherlands
• Address: Van Eeghenstraat No. 193, Amsterdam. Top floor.
• Address: After WW II: Johannes Verhulststraat No. 37, Amsterdam.
• Died:

Because he performed German music, he was accused in the WWI of betrayal. … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 19-02-1863 Vienna, Austria.
• Died: 06-01-1925 Vienna, Austria.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 31B-13-9.

Supporter Anton Bruckner (1824-1896).

Löwe was born in Vienna, Austria … Read More

Bernard Haitink (1929).

• Profession: Conductor, violinist.
• Residences: Amsterdam, Lucern, South of France, London.
• Relation to Mahler: One of the great Mahler conductors. Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 04-03-1929 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• Died: 21-10-2021 London,

• Profession: Conductor.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler: No
• Born: 02-12-1899 Southampton Row, Holborn, London.
• Died: 29-07-1970 London, England.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 St Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England. Grave 251 NE.

Sir John Barbirolli … Read More

• Profession: Businessman, journalist and conductor
• Relation to Mahler: He was owner of Manuscript Symphony No. 2.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No
• Born: 03-03-1941 New York, America
• Died: 01-01-2016 New York, America. Aged 74.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Unknown

• Profession: Conductor, violinist.
• Relation to Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO/KCO) and New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO).
• Born: 12-12-1960 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Jaap van Zweden is a Dutch conductor and violinist. Van Zweden’s father, a … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Riga, St Petersburg, Vienna, Amsterdam.
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 14-01-1943 Riga, Latvia.
• Died: 01-12-2019 St Petersburg, Russia.
• Memorial service: 05-12-2019 Grand Hall of the Philharmonie

Wilhelm Treiber (1838-1899).

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Kassel.
• Relation to Mahler: Mahlers superior.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 1838.
• Died: 1899.
• Buried: Unknown.

Kapellmeister Kassel 1880-1899.

By October 1883, Mahler had slipped one harness and moved on to another … Read More

• Profession: Cellist, conductor.
• Residences: Italy, New York City.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 25-03-1867 Parma, Italy.
• Died: 16-01-1957 New York, America.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. He … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Prague, Berlin.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 09-09-1872 Humpolec, Czech Republic.
• Died: 06-03-1936 New York, America.
• Buried: Woodlawn cemetery, Bronx, New York, America.

Josef (or Joseph) Stránský was a … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Hungary, Bayreuth, Prague, Vienna, Bremen, New York City.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 07-05-1850 Pest, Hungary.
• Died: 28-03-1898 New York, America.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, America.

• Profession: Pianist, conductor.
• Residences: St Petersburg, Moscow, New York.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 06-02-1852 Ishcherskaya (Itschory, Itsyursk, or Itsiursk), Chechnya.
• Died: 27-02-1918 Kislovodsk, Russia. Aged 66.
• Buried:

Russian pianist and conductor, born Vasily … Read More

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: London, Vienna, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Los Angeles.
• Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 22-09-1872 London, England.
• Died: 13-03-1927 Santa Monica, America.
• Buried: Hollywood Forever cemetery, Los Angeles, America. Grave Cathedral

Angelo Neumann (1838-1910).

• Profession: Intendant (in Bremen and 01-08-1885 at the Prague Königlich Deutsches Landestheater in Prague), conductor, baritone.
• Residences: Vienna, Leipzig, Bremen, Prague, Venice.
• Relation to Mahler: Intendant Königlich Deutsches Landestheater (Royal German Theatre). He hired Gustav

Wilhelm Jahn (1835-1900).

• Profession: Conductor, director of the Vienna State Opera.
• Residences: Olomouc, Pest, Krakau, Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Predecessor as director of the Vienna State Opera. Mahler played at his funeral 1900 Concert Vienna 23-04-1900
• Correspondence

Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828-1893).

• Profession: Violinist, conductor.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 03-11-1828, Vienna, Austria.
• Died: 24-10-1893, Vienna, Austria.
• Buried: Hietzing cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 15-4D.

Josef Hellmesberger, Sr. was an Austrian violinist, conductor, … Read More

• Profession: Conductor, violinist.
• Residences: Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Mannheim, New York City (after Mahler’s death).
• Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Vienna.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 16-12-1877, Vienna, Austria.
• Died: 23-11-1939, New York, Austria.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Sleepy